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Mimeusemia ceylonica

In News Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) after it was last sighted 127 years ago – at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka in 1893. About Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Agaristinae […]

TROPEX 2023

In Context Recently, Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX 2023, culminated in the Arabian Sea.  About It is an operational level exercise that is conducted biennially and witnesses participation not only by all Indian Navy units but also of Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Coast Guard assets. It included Coastal Defence exercise Sea […]

Antibiotics administered on livestock cut carbon in soil

In News Recently, Researchers at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have found that grazing by livestock leads to lower carbon storage in soil compared to grazing by wild herbivores. About The study was conducted in the Spiti region of the Himalayas and compared   livestock such as sheep  and their […]

Norway’s Sakharov Freedom Award

In News Recently, Truth Hounds, which documents war crimes in the Ukraine conflict was awarded Norway’s Sakharov Freedom Award. About Sakharov Freedom Award is named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. It  was established in 1980 by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee with the support and consent of Andrei Sakharov  to help people who, because […]

Pritzker Architecture Prize

In News Recently, British architect and urban planner Sir David Chipperfield has won the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize. About The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the highest international honour for architects. The prize was designed to honour architects for their complete body of built work. The Prize was founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and […]

Centre to reconsider ‘safe harbor’ clause in IT law

In News Recently, the Union government formally outlined the Digital India Act, 2023.  More about the news Remodelling of the IT Act: The Digital India Act, 2023 is a broad overhaul of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Covering new and complex issues: The Digital India Act would cover provisions such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), deepfakes, […]

Guidelines for Celebrities & Influencers on social media platforms

In News The Ministry of Consumer Affair, Food & Public Distribution has released a set of guidelines for celebrities, influencers, and virtual influencers on social media platforms.  About  The guidelines called ‘Endorsements Know-hows’ aims to ensure that the individuals do not mislead their audiences when endorsing products and services and that they are in compliance […]

Time Zone for the Moon

In News The European Space Agency has said that a universal timekeeping system for the moon is needed. Need for the Time Zone No fixed Time Zone: Lunar missions have operated on the time of the country that launched them. But with several lunar explorations heading for the launchpad, the European Space Agency has deemed […]

Indonesia Shifts Capital From Jakarta To Borneo

In News Recently, Indonesian government unveiled the site of the country’s new capital to show  the progress made on the city’s construction About  The new capital Nusantara is located in East Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo East Kalimantan is an area with immense water resources and habitable terrain on Borneo island which […]

International Big Cat Alliance

In News India has recently proposed to launch global alliance for big cats with an investment of $100 million About The proposed alliance will provide assured support over five years with guaranteed funding of over Rs 800 crore. The group will work towards the protection of the seven big cats — tiger, lion, leopard, snow […]

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